Creative collaboration, community impact, and heartfelt stories take center stage at sold-out event
Boca Raton, Fla. May 9, 2025 – Fuller Center hosted a sold-out crowd of corporate leaders, sponsors, and community changemakers at its Think Outside the Blocks Corporate Breakfast—an innovative and energizing event held at the Boca Raton Innovation Campus (BRiC) that celebrated creativity, collaboration, and community impact.
“The success of Fuller Center and our life-changing mission of ensuring all children reach their full potential depends on community support. That support was in full bloom as community and business leaders came together to learn more about how Fuller Center supports hard-working families while having fun and showing off their LEGO engineering skills and creativity,” said Fuller Center CEO Eric Roby. “We are incredibly grateful for the outpouring of support during a time that many families need our programs more than ever.”
Fuller Center CEO Eric Roby opened the event with a heartfelt welcome, thanking attendees for their support and highlighting the organization’s comprehensive educational and family programs. He then introduced special guest speaker and Fuller Center alumna Diana Capobianco, now a Senior Manager and Industrial Engineer at American Express. Diana shared her family’s powerful story of how the Fuller Center provided the foundation for her future success, empowering her from a young age to pursue educational excellence.
“Fuller Center not only gave my mom and dad the freedom, encouragement and financial relief to both work and save money but also granted them the security of knowing that their children would be fed, educated and cared for while we were provided experiences we otherwise could’ve have never been able to have.” said Diana Capobianco.
Guests then participated in a lively and imaginative LEGO race car challenge, building cars at their tables and testing their designs on a custom-built racing ramp generously provided by FastSigns. Awards were handed out for Fastest Car – Hollywood Ladies of the Lakes, Most Creative Design – American Healthcare Institute, and Best Teamwork – ADT—with winners selected by none other than Fuller Academy students, who proudly served as judges and greeters.
CPG Cares and The Geo Group Foundation were honored as LEGO Sponsors, helping bring the interactive challenge to life. Publix Super Market Charities was recognized as the event’s Breakfast Sponsor. American Healthcare Institute, ADT, Comerica, and The Boca Raton served as Table Sponsors, while Advanced Pediatrics of Boca and the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation were recognized as Supporting Sponsors for their generous contributions. We were honored to recognize Bank of America as our Neighborhood Builders partner.
The event concluded with an inspiring keynote by Joe Scondotto, Mentor and Vice President of External Affairs at Comerica Bank, who emphasized the transformative power of mentorship and volunteerism. Joe urged attendees to “step in and show up” for youth in their communities, sharing personal reflections on how small acts of service can create generational impact.
For more information on how to get involved, visit www.fullercenterfl.org. Click here to view all the photos from the event.
About the Fuller Center
For more than 50 years, the Fuller Center has embraced, educated, and empowered hardworking, under-resourced families across South Florida. Serving over 1,100 children annually — from infants through teens — and reaching more than 700 families across 40+ zip codes in Palm Beach and Broward Counties, the Fuller Center provides affordable, high-quality early education, out-of-school programs, private elementary education, teen leadership development, and family support services. Each year, the organization delivers more than 430,000 meals and snacks to ensure children’s health and wellbeing at three campuses.
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